Antigua St. John’s - Minister of State within the Prime Minister’s Office and Public Relations Officer of the United Progressive Party (UPP) Senator Joanne Massiah said the recent outcome in the legal battle challenging the authority of UPP head and Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Baldwin Spencer and others, was not one that affected the UPP in any way.
Senator Massiah was responding to questions posed by this publication on how the UPP intended to proceed with the High Court ruling that saw the reinstatement, with compensation, of two senior employees of the Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) to their substantive posts after it was deemed that they were wrongfully seconded after the last general elections.
A significant part of that legal battle was fought, on the hand of the plaintiffs, on the grounds of their perceived political allegiances.
“The ABEC matter is not a UPP matter; it is a government matter. Anything dealing with ABEC is a government matter,” Massiah said, adding that Caribarena’s inquiries would have rightly been placed at the feet of Director General of Communications Maurice Merchant.
Attempts to reach Mr. Merchant were unsuccessful; however, an official response from the government is still to be made on last week’s court ruling.
Even the seemingly stalled matter of significant changes to constituency boundaries, Massiah said, is one that does not concern her party despite public perception.
In the meantime, the only matter Massiah considered to be directly related to the UPP was that of candidate selection for the 2014 General Elections.
But this matter concerns her personally, since “rumor” has it that the party has taken steps to move the senator to another constituency.
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Clueless in Antigua
sick and tired
Lady Macbeth Meets Salome At the Dance of the Seven Veils! PT3
Full Circle to Transparency & Accountability. last week' travel to the US First Class. GoAB or Private Business?
Here is Government Transparency & Accountability: www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/acdi-cida/ACDI-CIDA.nsf/eng/JUD-1127470-GZP
John French II
Lady Macbeth Meets Salome At the Dance of the Seven Veils! PT2
John French II
Lady Macbeth Meets Salome At the Dance of the Seven Veils!
Quote: A few have noted that the Good Senator has moved from UPP to IPP hence some have loudly proclaimed that like Lady Macbeth she is sleepwalking through this Historical & Legal Moment
John French II
RE: ABEC Case Outcome Not A UPP Concern – Massiah
Rastaman
The Wilmoth Daniel letter
tenman
The Queen Of Hearts!
Here comes the Reds' Queen of Hearts from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Quote:Here comes Sirs Isaac Newton's, Paget Henry's & The Blues Queen Of Hearts devoid of "ethical badmindedness" Quote:The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts;
The Knave of Hearts he stole the tarts.
The King of Hearts called for the tarts and beat the Knave full sore
The Knave of Hearts brought back the tarts and
vowed he'd steal no more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Pvycdgp0g
OYEZ! OYEZ!
Madanino Town Crier
Joanne is absolutely right
But Jonaane has spoken: this is not a UPP problem or concern! So spoken, so be it!
Dax Rebel
correct a mondo.
rupert j.
RE: ABEC Case Outcome Not A UPP Concern – Massiah
ANTIGUAN WOMAN
RE: ABEC Case Outcome Not A UPP Concern – Massiah
How much more of the taxpayers' monies will the gov't lose in the courts? This is like beating a child and telling him/her to hush and not to cry.
Morris
No seed
Chinie-boi
They don't care....
Queen
@ Joanne
Jimmy
PR Intelligence Advice
Uncommonsense
From fools we can only get f.............
That she could not even show respect for us the voters of the All Saints East constituency by admitnig her interest and declaration of contesting the next election in our area is unpardonable. She is actively campaigning in our area, yet could not admit it. I guess that's an ALP matter.
This seems to be the MO of the UPP administration and just another reason why we have no choice but to remove and replace them next election.
The lies and deception surrounding WPP is another reason.
Serious Times
should be true
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tenman
RE: ABEC Case Outcome Not A UPP Concern – Massiah
What a senseless statement and whose party Ms. Massiah, represents the Government then?
Can you also advise how many times the UPP and particular Mr. Spencer and the Government of A&B, has gone to court and lost, in the past 8 years.
R. Berry
RE: ABEC Case Outcome Not A UPP Concern – Massiah
NELEEN
BUNCH OF **S AND LIARS
RASTA T
RE: ABEC Case Outcome Not A UPP Concern – Massiah
A wha dis father
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